Eyeball

When we moved to South Dakota, Our daughter Carolyn started going by the name Carie.

Today while I was fixing dinner, Mikey asked me, "Mom , when I get to Carie's age, can I change my name?"

Mom..."What would you change your name to?"

Mikey..."Eyeball"

I told him no.

HAPPY NEW YEARS!

Wishing all our friends a Happy and Successful year!

Merry Christmas!

Wishing you a
MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!

And a
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

and for those of you with a different preference,

A Joyous RamaHanaKwanzaMas

Student of the the Month

Congratulations to Jim who is the senior high Student of the Month at Emery High School.

*Congratulations to our December Students of the Month
Senior High:
Jim Wilkinson Jim is always smiling, polite, willing to help anyone, he always has a
positive attitude. He is very pleasant to work with and never complains about a project you assign in
class. He always does his very best even when things do not go well.


One of the great things about this is that you get a great parking spot for the month. So we have let Jim drive. - a couple of times, ( the whole quarter block).

We are so proud of him.

friends

I got to teach Relief Society today. The lesson was on Friends. There were two sisters in R.S. one was a non member visiting with her son who is a member and in town visiting her. several statements in the lesson really struck me.

Joseph Smith once closed a letter to the saints: "I am, as ever, your humble servant and never deviating friend, Joseph Smith."

I also was struck again by the fact that the saints thought of Joseph, as Brother Joseph. He was their Friend, the lesson talked of how he was kind, generous mirth loving, 'and yet, although so social and convivial at times, he would allow no arrogance or undue liberites' how wonderful to know that.

...and although a person is a stranger and afflicted when he arrives, he finds a brother and a friend ready to administer to his necessities.

I thank Heaven for my friends, for my life is better for having them in it.

Sharing

I am proud of my sister Carrie for deciding to go to school while still having young children at home. In fact young children are the only kind of children Carrie has at home. Occasionally over the course of her studies, she has called my husband (a psychologist) for help. When she has thanked me for sharing my husband and his knowledge, and for giving up time with him so he could help her long distance over the phone, I have joked that eventually I would call her husband (an accountant) for help with my homework. And when that happened she could share back.

tonight it happened. I was working on my homework and couldn't quite get it right. I tried asking my husband, (again he's a Psychologist) for help with my accounting and it just wasn't working. when I had a brain surge. I have a sister with a husband who is an Accountant. and he was only a phone call away. Well, it ended up being two phone calls. but he was very helpful both times.

Thanks to Carrie for sharing her husband and his knowledge with me.and to Karl for being willing to stay up late and help me. ( I will be calling again)

P.S.
does it strike anyone as funny that I am studying to be an Accountant, with a Husband who is a Psychologist. and my sister is studying Psychology, with an Accountant for a Husband?

Dr.s office.

I have been taking children to Dr's offices for 16 years. I have learned several things during these visits.
such as always take a bag of toys,
some visits go fast.
some visits go slow.
certain times of day are better for quick visits than others.
Kids love to color and draw on the paper that is used to cover the exam table.

In Missouri, I once spent four and a half hours at the drs. office, I called the next day and complained.

Last week I went to the Dr's office with Carie. she has a sore ankle. We got out of the car at 12:53. After checking in at the desk, we had sat down, but not yet opened my book when the nurse came out, talked to carie, about her ankle then turned to me and told me she thought she would just send us to x-ray, it was just down the hall in the same building. (very easy to find).

As we walked into x ray. I started to fill out the papers and the xray tech said to carie, lets go take pictures of your ankle while your mom fills out the papers. I finished them about the time that carie was done getting her "pictures" done. when we walked back into the Dr's office, they took us right to the exam room.
This time I did have time to open my book but not to turn the page, before the Dr. came in. We said hello, he looked at Caries ankle, talked to her about it, It is simply sprained. One week with crutches about 3 more with a brace. Carie was fitted for a brace, then we left.

As we got back into my car I checked the time. 1:35. Wow! I had hoped to be on time to work by three, this was not going to be a problem.

I have had more appts. in South Dakota, but I have not had to wait very long at any of them. I would like to say thank you to my Dr. and his staff for making going to the dr. a faster pleasanter experience.

Thanks Doc.